There are six rooms without keys in the villa, which are also the domains of the six ghosts.
What will happen to the players if one key is missing
No one knows for sure, but based on the experience of official players in the game world, they know that the six keys to the villa must be some kind of key, and not even one can be missing.
"Where will the last one be?" someone couldn't help but ask Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu opened his mouth and said: "How should I know?"
That person: “…”
The other players showed a little discomfort on their faces, thinking that they might have been trapped by the ghost for a night and their brains were confused, and they actually thought that she would know. But they couldn't be blamed for thinking so. From discovering that there was a ghost in the villa, to finding the key, and then to finding the key, it was this young lady who controlled the rhythm, making the players unconsciously think that she was the leader and follow her instructions, feeling like they were following the boss to win.
It turns out that the boss doesn’t know everything.
It seems that I can't just listen to her.
Then, they heard Gu Jiu say: "But I can probably guess where the last key is."
The players who just felt that they couldn't just listen to her were instantly shocked and looked at her with burning eyes, "Where is it?"
"It should be in the hands of the villa owner." Gu Jiu took the key and played with it in his hand. "The owner of the villa is also the boss in this game copy."
Everyone was stunned at first, and their scalps went numb.
There is a strongest boss in every game dungeon, and the Caged Bird dungeon is no exception. It's just that the task given by the game is to survive for seven days, and it is not necessary to fight against the dungeon boss, so they don't care who the dungeon boss is. Even if there is a boss, just avoid it.
For many players, they just need to successfully complete the game and leave the game world without dying in the game.
It really doesn’t matter who the boss is, and players don’t need to explore it.
But obviously Gu Jiu's way of clearing the level is different from theirs. Not only does she want to survive for seven days, she also wants to explore the secret of the existence of the copy and even face the boss directly.
Just like the six ghosts in the villa, players just want to avoid dying at the hands of the ghosts.
What Gu Jiu was thinking about was where these ghosts came from, who killed them, why they attacked the players, what was their purpose... and so on.
Even if it was just a boss in a D-level field, it was not someone that players could easily deal with. They had never seen any player dare to confront the boss head-on.
"Then, what should we do?" someone asked in a trembling voice.
Gu Jiu said: "Nothing to do, let's see how the situation goes, if it doesn't work, we can just rob it."
Everyone: “…” What she said made sense, but I just felt like something was not right.
By the way, if they really have to fight against the boss in the dungeon, they have no confidence that they can snatch it, okay? It's not something that can be achieved by just talking.
Gu Jiu's gaze fell from the keys on the coffee table to everyone.
She looked at the group of newcomers, "Why is there one missing? Didn't you guys act together last night?"
The other players also looked at the group of newcomers. They had noticed earlier that one of the seven newcomers was missing, but because they had been trapped for a night, they were frightened and impatient, so they didn't have the mood to care which newcomer was missing. Now that Gu Jiu asked, they also looked over, thinking that the missing person was probably in danger.
Xu Chenfeng replied: "There is an uncle who refuses to go out with us."
"Is he still alive?" Ge Guang asked with a frown, wondering how could there be such a stupid person who dared to stay alone in such a dangerous place.
Yesterday, when Gu Jiu suggested that they go look for the keys at night, he also specifically mentioned that it would be best if they could cooperate.
The meaning of this statement is very clear. It is best to act together so that we can take care of each other and it is not easy to trigger the death mechanism.
Xu Chenfeng shook his head, "I don't know. We appeared on the first floor after dawn and didn't go back to the room to check."
The situation was the same for other players. They were trapped for a whole night. After dawn, the ghostly shadows retreated and they appeared in the lobby on the first floor. They still haven't returned to their rooms.
Gu Jiu stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Lu Ji walked forward, collected the five keys, and followed Gu Jiu to the third floor.
Seeing this, other players also became curious about the newcomer's situation and followed him up to the third floor.
Last night, the seven newlyweds gathered in a room at the end of the third floor.
Xu Chenfeng walked over quickly and opened the door with the key. They all entered the room and searched for a while, searching every corner, but they did not see the man from last night.
Ai Ruyi glanced at Gu Jiu carefully, pointed at the gap between the cabinet and the wall, and said, "He hid here last night."
Ge Guang and a player who was sensitive to the smell of blood went over and carefully checked the gap between the cabinet and the wall, as well as the surrounding floor.
After checking the gaps between the tiles, the player said, "There are residual blood stains here, similar to the situation of the newcomer who died in the first night."
There was no trace left in the room of the newlywed who died on the first night, only some blood stains remained in the gaps between the floor tiles, as if after the man was killed, blood splattered on the ground and then was carefully wiped off by "someone", but the blood stains in the gaps between the floor tiles were difficult to completely remove, so some remained.
"It seems that the newcomers who died on the first night and the newcomers who died last night died in the same way." Qi Yuheng wiped his hands with a white handkerchief and said with a gloomy look, "They were killed by the same existence."
Ai Ruyi and a few other newcomers huddled together with terrified looks, as if they felt safer this way.
One player asked: "Were those dark shadows and ghosts the ones that killed them?"
Qi Yuheng said coldly: "It's possible."
Everyone left the room and subconsciously looked at Gu Jiu, as if asking what they were going to do next.
Gu Jiu said: "Aji, use the key to open the doors of those ghosts' rooms."
The room number was not written on the key, and each key was different. Obviously, the locks of the rooms were also different, so they needed to try them themselves.
They first came to a room on the third floor without a key. Lu Ji took out five keys and tried them one by one. When he tried the third key, the door opened.
Seeing that the key could actually open it, the players showed surprise on their faces.
They thought that they couldn't open the door without all six keys.
When Lu Ji pushed open the door, he quickly pulled Gu Jiu back a step. A stuffy air that had been sealed for a long time blew in their faces, and the others who were close to them couldn't help but sneeze.
Gu Jiu walked in only after the depressing atmosphere had dissipated.
The others followed behind her, just like a young lady with a group of followers.
The light in the room was very dim, as if the curtains were drawn. There was only a little light coming from the door, making it impossible to see clearly what was going on in the room.
Ge Guang reached out and pressed the switch on the wall, only to find that the light was not on. "The switch is broken."
It was not until their eyes adjusted to the light in the room that everyone noticed that the curtains in the room were not closed, but the windows were blocked with wooden boards. Not a single light came in, which was why the room was so dark.
They searched the room but found nothing of note.
The layout of the rooms in the entire villa is the same, and the furnishings in each room are no different, just like dormitories of uniform standards, and this locked room is the same.
However, perhaps because the room had been sealed for a long time, there was inevitably a faint smell of decay in the air.
Gu Jiu was dissatisfied with the air quality and asked, "Who among you will take down the wooden boards covering the windows?"
Qi Yuheng also felt that the air was too bad and it polluted his noble respiratory system, so he took out the terrifying chainsaw he bought in the game mall from his bag and threw it to Ge Guang, asking Ge Guang to saw off the wooden board that was covering the window.
The Horror Chainsaw is worthy of being produced in the game mall, the quality is excellent and it can saw down the wooden board easily.
The interior of the room was brightly lit, and everything was presented under the light of day.
Everyone then noticed that the ceiling, walls, floor, bed, cabinets, tables and other places in the room were covered with dried blood. Judging from the shape of the blood, it was unknown how many people had died and how tragically they had died.
This was clearly a horrific murder scene; no wonder there was a faint smell of decay lingering in the air.
The newlyweds were so scared that they almost hugged each other and screamed.
Xu Chenfeng's face was also pale. He followed Gu Jiu closely, trying hard not to pay attention to the bloodstains, but it was really difficult because the whole room was splattered with bloodstains and there was no clean spot. No matter where he put his eyes, he could see the splattered bloodstains, which made people involuntarily imagine the tragedy that happened in the room.
"How many people died?" a player exclaimed.
"Could it be that the blood of the killed newcomers appeared here?"
"It's no wonder that ghosts always want to kill people when they live in such places. After all, it looks like a dangerous place, which makes ghosts become extremely vicious."
"By the way, which ghost lives in this room?"
"It should be the female ghost that was scolded away by Mr. Qi."
… …
Seeing that this group of official players could actually discuss things calmly in such a place, newcomers like Ai Ruyi couldn't help but look at them with perverted eyes, wondering how perverted the Zhutian game was to force the players to become so perverted.
If they survive by chance, will they also become such perverts in the future
After walking around the room, Gu Jiu couldn't stand the rotten smell anymore, so he hurried out and continued to open other doors.
Others followed her lead.
Except for Xu Chenfeng, the other five newcomers, even though they were scared to death, did not dare to leave without permission. They could only bite the bullet and follow them to see other rooms.
After the second room was opened, the situation was similar to the first one. The windows were also sealed and there was a strong smell of decay in the air.
Ge Guang carried the terrifying electric saw and went to cut down the wood that covered the window.
The light in the room was bright, and everyone found that the second room also looked like a murder scene, with dried blood splattered everywhere, which would give people nightmares at night.
Then came the third room, and the situation was the same.
In this way, all three rooms on the third floor were opened.
They went to the second floor.
The remaining two keys opened two rooms on the second floor respectively. The conditions of these two rooms were similar to those of the rooms on the third floor. Finally, the room next to the room where Gu Jiu and Lu Ji lived was not opened. The unopened room was the territory of the male ghost in the mirror.
"It seems that the missing key is for this room." Gu Jiu leaned against the opposite wall, looking at the door that could not be opened.
The others present looked at her, and Ge Guang asked with a shy face, "Miss Gu, is there any problem here?"
Gu Jiu said: "How would I know?"
Ge Guang: “…” He seemed to have asked another stupid question.
Gu Jiu felt tired, so he went to the balcony on the first floor, sat on the sofa to bask in the sun, and looked at the blood-red rose bushes outside.
The warm sunlight fell on her body, making her feel particularly comfortable and drowsy.
She said to the group of players who were standing there stupidly, "Aren't you going to rest? Today is the sixth day. We may have to face the owner of the villa tonight. If we don't get some rest, it will be difficult to deal with him."
Not only is it difficult to deal with, it's simply fatal, okay
Everyone looked at her leisurely and relaxed appearance and didn't know what to say for a moment.
In the end, they could only go back to their room and sleep with full of thoughts.
The villa soon became quiet. In the huge villa, only Gu Jiu and Lu Ji were active.
Ghosts will not appear during the day. Apparently, non-human things in the villa must abide by certain rules, such as not appearing during the day.
As the sun gradually set, the players woke up one after another.
After all, they had something on their minds and could not sleep peacefully. After waking up, they came to the hall on the first floor one by one.
Then they saw Gu Jiu actually fell asleep on the sofa on the balcony. Lu Ji was standing beside her and covered her with a thin blanket.
Everyone: “…”
I felt inexplicably jealous, jealous that this young lady could sleep so soundly in such an environment.
Perhaps it was because everyone's jealousy was real that Gu Jiu finally woke up.
She rubbed her eyes and reached out to feel around, and Lu Ji handed her glasses to her at the right time.
After putting on the glasses, the world became clear. Gu Jiu hugged the blanket and smiled at Lu Ji: "Ah Ji, aren't you going to sleep? I will be very busy tonight and have no time to sleep."
Lu Ji said: "I can't sleep."
Gu Jiu took a sip of water and suddenly moved closer to the pale and sickly girl, so close that their breathing was entangled. When the tips of Lu Ji's ears began to turn red, he saw the person who was approaching him retreat.
"You must not take care of yourself, that's why you're always sick." Gu Jiu touched her pale and slightly cold face and said softly, "Aji, you have to take good care of yourself. You can't always be sick. It hurts me."
Lu Ji lowered his eyes and whispered, "It won't get better."
"Um?"
Lu Ji didn't say anything else, but asked her if she was hungry and whether he wanted him to cook instant noodles for her.
Gu Jiu felt listless again and curled up on the sofa, "I don't want to eat."
"You will be very tired at night, so you must eat enough." Lu Ji persuaded her with her words, "Eat a little."
The eldest lady reluctantly said, "Okay, then, just eat a little."
Others: “…” Damn, they want to eat too. It’s good enough to have instant noodles. What else are they picky about
While Gu Jiu was eating instant noodles intermittently, Qi Yuheng and others came down from the second floor.
Qi Yuheng sat on the sofa opposite Gu Jiu and asked, "Miss Gu, what are your plans tonight?"
The others quickly pricked up their ears, wanting to know what arrangements the two big guys had for tonight. Whether they could survive on the most dangerous sixth night depended on these two big guys.
Gu Jiu said: "I don't have any plans, just fight it out as it comes."
Qi Yuheng smiled and continued, "I have several props here. Among them, I think the Holy Light Talisman, the Shocking Electric Saw, and the Prisoner are useful."
Gu Jiu looked at him with sparkling eyes, "Mr. Qi is so rich."
Qi Yuheng choked, and now he began to believe that Gu Jiu was a newcomer in the second game. After all, the newcomers in the second game had fewer points, so they could not afford to buy the props in the mall.
He laid out several props, and others came to admire the big guy and the legendary props.
They can't afford these things.
Gu Jiu looked at the "circle as a prison" prop, which looked like a rope. She ate instant noodles slowly, and even though she was surrounded by a group of people, she still ate with great elegance and ease, as if she was sitting in a high-end restaurant, eating high-end cuisine.
Everyone who sees it thinks it smells good.
Gu Jiu asked: "Who among you still has 'encirclement and prison'?"
The regular players present looked at each other with shame on their faces. The housewife player said shyly: "'Encircle the Land as Prison' is too expensive. I can't bear to buy it."
As a housewife, I am used to budgeting carefully and feel that buying a "prison of land" is not cost-effective.
Gu Jiu was surprised and said, "This is a rare defensive item. Even if it is not used in this game copy, it can be used in future game copies. Why not buy it if you have points?"
The shame on the other players' faces was even more intense; even the twin sisters couldn't help but look guilty.
They knew that Boss Qi was involved in this game, and they also knew that Boss Qi was very rich, so they could just take advantage of him when the time came. Therefore, they didn't want to buy anything, and wanted to save some points to buy other props that they needed more.
"Did you buy it?" someone asked Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu said nonchalantly: "I don't have points, so I can't afford it."
Everyone looked at her suspiciously. Judging from her performance in the past few days, she was clearly an experienced boss just like Qi Yuheng. She must have a lot of points in each game. How could she not be able to afford props worth a thousand points
Qi Yuheng and others who knew her situation thought that she really couldn't afford it.
Gu Jiu pushed aside the half-eaten instant noodles and said, "Now, let's assign the tasks for tonight."
Um
Everyone present looked at her in confusion. Why did she turn to assigning tasks again
Gu Jiu ignored their doubts and looked at Qi Yuheng, "Mr. Qi, you should be willing to let everyone use your 'encirclement as a prison', right?"
Qi Yuheng frowned slightly, obviously unwilling.
The players present understood his feelings very well. After all, they spent a lot of points to buy the precious props, so how could they be willing to share them with everyone? However, he was the only one who had the defensive props, and they really wanted to use his. Perhaps they could unite and force him to hand them over...
"Forget it, you can use it if you want." Qi Yuheng took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands carefully. His hands were obviously clean, but he still wiped them tirelessly. "Many people use it, and it's dirty. I don't want dirty things."
Players: “…” So, this mysophobic guy doesn’t want to do this because he’s afraid that too many people will dirty his props
Ge Guang and the twin sisters had mocking looks on their faces; they knew at a glance what these people were thinking and found it very funny.
Boss Qi has always been a generous person, his stinginess is only reflected in his obsession with cleanliness.
Gu Jiu said: "Thank you Mr. Qi for your generosity. After we successfully leave the game world, if you can meet Mr. Qi in Wujie City, you must repay him."
The official players immediately expressed their opinions, “That’s as it should be.”
As long as you can survive the dangerous game, giving away some points is nothing.
The newlyweds also expressed their opinions.
Qi Yuheng looked at Gu Jiu with a half-smile and thought that this young lady was quite interesting. She seemed delicate and unreliable, but she was very helpful at critical moments.
"Okay, Miss Gu, let's talk about tonight's mission."
Gu Jiu nodded slightly.
**
When night fell, everyone hid in Gu Jiu's room, nervously waiting for the arrival of the most dangerous sixth night.
Suddenly, there was a strong feeling of being watched. Everyone subconsciously looked towards the window and was startled.
A huge eye appeared in the window. The white part of the eye was covered with bloodshot, as if it was injured by something. It was extremely terrifying.
These eyes were exactly the same as the ones that appeared outside their window on the first night. It was obvious at first glance that they were the same person's eyes.
However, it was slightly different from the first night. This time it stared at them with an especially ferocious and resentful look, as if they had some irreconcilable hatred against it.
"It's you." Gu Jiu's voice sounded, floating over softly, "I thought I had poked your eyes out on the first night."
Everyone looked at Gu Jiu stiffly, with an expression of disbelief on their faces.
So, now this eye is staring at them with such viciousness, actually because Gu Jiu hurt it on the first night, and now it is here to take revenge
For a moment, everyone didn't know whether it was the right choice for them to gather around Gu Jiu.
Although this young lady is very capable, she can easily attract the boss's hatred!
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a rapid knock on the door. The knock was very urgent, as if the knocker couldn't wait to break in.
Qi Yuheng said: "Ling Huan, Ling Le, go check what's outside the door."
The twin sisters walked quickly to the door. After staring at the door for nearly ten seconds, they blinked their sore eyes and said, "There are six ghosts outside the door."
Everyone in the room understood that on the sixth night, the ghosts in the villa had the ability to kill the players, and the ghosts were now coming to kill them.
The players who had purchased the Holy Light Talisman took it out and stared at the door vigilantly.
At this moment, a scream sounded outside the window. Everyone looked over subconsciously and saw Gu Jiu standing by the window, like a ghost, with his long, blood-red nails poking towards the eye.
Everyone: “…”
The eye was pierced by Gu Jiu's Banshee Armor and was bleeding, but it did not disappear like it did on the first night. It can be seen that the ghost's strength increased greatly on the sixth night, and its resistance to damage increased.
Gu Jiu's actions also made the owner of the eyes angry, and he let out a roar.
It roared like thunder and rumbled over the villa, shaking the entire villa like lightning.
At this time, the six ghosts outside the door had broken into the room. The air became cold and the lights flickered, as if the route was not in good contact.
Leading the group was the male ghost that was moving back and forth in the mirror. He was laughing strangely and looked very proud.
After being suppressed by the eldest lady for so long, the ghosts have lost all their face. Now it is finally their turn to fight back. Of course they have to save their face and teach the hateful eldest lady a profound lesson.
The male ghost roared angrily and rushed towards Gu Jiu who was standing by the window.
Other ghosts also rushed towards other players.
Gu Jiu looked at the male ghost rushing towards him calmly, stretched out his hand to him, grabbed his neck, and smashed the eye outside the window like a rag doll.
Male ghost: “…”
Facts have proved that the eldest lady is still the eldest lady. Even on the sixth night when the goblin is exerting his power, the eldest lady can still make you kneel down and call her Queen!
When the others saw the vengeful male ghost being pinched by Gu Jiu's neck and thrown towards the eyes outside the window like a little chick, they couldn't help but gain confidence.
After the male ghost was thrown out of the window, he disappeared into the darkness outside, leaving behind only a series of screams.
All talk of revenge is empty talk.
Then Gu Jiu grabbed the second ghost—the pregnant woman ghost.
The pregnant ghost quickly said: "Don't catch me, I will jump by myself."
As she said that, the pregnant ghost avoided everyone else and jumped out of the window holding her big belly.
Players: “…”
Seeing this, the remaining four ghosts stopped entangled with the players, and very consciously jumped out of the window and disappeared into the darkness outside.
The other players were stunned. It was the first time they saw the ghosts being so obedient. It was as if they rushed in just to go through the motions and pretend to be there. After that, they would automatically leave.
Ge Guang asked Gu Jiu in disbelief: "What did you do to them?"
Gu Jiu said solemnly, "I probably encountered these ghosts when I was wandering around the villa last night and chatted with them for a while."
Everyone: “…” Are you sure you just chatted for a while and didn’t threaten them
The author has something to say: There is one more chapter and the "Bird in a Cage" dungeon will end =-=
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